words for wednesday

so I took my own challenge and cast on my February Lady Sweater!

you know what you should do today?

you should charge straight out and

start a knitting project that you think is too hard for you.

It's good for the human soul to accept a challenge,

and you know what?

It's going to be easier than you think.

all knitting is only knit and purl,

and I bet you know how to do both of those.

-stephanie pearl mcphee

vacation in slides

you'll want to visit my sweet's blog to view the slideshow of our hilton head vacation with the quicks! go...now...it's too cute!

back in my own bed

I'm finally back home sleeping in my own bed. two weeks is a long time to be away from home (especially without your own pillow)! I'm now playing catch up around here- meals to plan, groceries to buy, laundry to do, and activities to travel to. but I needed to stop by my creative place. mark and I both really tried to unplug this vacation. aside from uploading and looking at pictures and an occasional email, I think we succeeded. my words for wednesday have been my only contact the past few weeks...you might be ready for some of the 'meat and potato' details of my life and my creations.

I'm excited about

::the new things I've started- a new book, a new sweater, and a new exercise plan incorporating this machine and this wii game

and

:: the projects that are now completed-my hilton head cross-stitch sampler and the knitting of my advent calendar.

it was a vacation filled with:

::helping my dad after double knee replacement surgery

:: sunfilled days :: the love of good family/friends :: beach time:: pool time:: kite flying :: family time:: finishing okay, i have no idea why this photo decided to go vertical when I shot it horizontal!

:: and starting

:: and a family reunion

the boys are looking forward to five days at aunt kathy's new house in ohio starting this weekend, and I can be honest and say that I am too. I have some grand plans for all that "alone" time. but for today, I'm off to learn the duplicate stitch, so my advent can be packed away until December.

words for wednesday

a year from now

you will wish

you had started today.

-Karen Lamb

words for wednesday

opportunities are usually disguised

as hard work,

so most people

don't recognize them.

-Ann Landers

words for wednesday

things are temporary,

relationships last forever.

nothing can replace

the time we spend investing

in the life of another.

-Roy Lessin

independence day

spend today knitting, and if anyone asks you why,

tell them that there's almost no better way

to celebrate independence.

if they don't believe you,

tell them in the early days of the United States

people were urged to knit

so they wouldn't need clothes

and woolen goods from England,

thus contributing to the country's burgeoning

independence and freedom.

-Stephanie Pearl McPhee

2007

hello july

I love turning the page on a new month. a fresh, blank calendar just waiting to be filled with moments. some will be happy. some will be sad. some will be easy. some will be hard. but with the comfort that everything passes through my heavenly Father's hands first, I know all is well. I can handle what comes.

just one short year ago. cer and sor at hilton head.

with some of the details already planned, I'll be adventuring through:

:: the end of baseball

:: my dad's double knee replacement surgery

:: vacation with the quicks

:: a family reunion

:: a summer basketball camp

:: pc shows

:: a slew of doctor appointments

:: oh! and a few crafty creative projects {can't forget those}

what do you have planned?

words for wednesday

very few burdens are heavy if everyone lifts.

-Sy Wise